Passover
131ḤAMEẒ — (Heb. חָמֵץ; fermented dough ; cf. Ex. 12:39). Ḥameẓ is prohibited in Jewish religious usage in two instances, one of which has a purely theoretical application at the present day, while the other is of topical application. The first was the… …
132SHAVUOT — (Heb. שָׁבוּעוֹת; weeks, Pentecost, the 50th day ), the festival celebrated on the sixth of Sivan (and also on the seventh outside Israel). The biblical names for the festival are: Ḥag Shavuot ( Feast of Weeks, Ex. 34:22; Deut. 16:10); Yom ha… …
